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it is called sandy relief. there is so much pork in there that has nothing to do with helping the people's suffering that is a crime against the treasury. $9 billion is for immediate relief, but that is in the past. $50 billion of this, i will give you one example. amtrak had some damage. it is about $32 billion. the bill has $300 million for operating expenses because they operate at a loss. there's so much junk in this. $500 million to noa. >> what is noa? >> national oceanic and atmospheric -- they predict storms. >> this does not address the fundamental problem that sandy created. >> we have a system in which you burn $60 billion, twice the budget of the state of new jersey. >> noaa already exists and they have done an excellent job in predicting sandy. >> now they need more. >> more for noaa. >> deliberate over the way you deliberate -- >> we have to take a break and then we will look at what lies ahead for the president's cabinet. >> secretary of state hillary clinton is back home after treatment for a bl
it is called sandy relief. there is so much pork in there that has nothing to do with helping the people's suffering that is a crime against the treasury. $9 billion is for immediate relief, but that is in the past. $50 billion of this, i will give you one example. amtrak had some damage. it is about $32 billion. the bill has $300 million for operating expenses because they operate at a loss. there's so much junk in this. $500 million to noa. >> what is noa? >> national oceanic and...
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. >> they did pass something today and are going to do a bizarre two-step process january 18 with sandy aid and then an amendment that is even bigger than the bill itself and try to pass one of those and send it be to the senate where it is entirely uncertain what is going to happen there. gwen: and the deal closer in this was joe biden? >> yeah. he was on the sidelines to is it -- some extent for a while. he wasn't out front the way he had been. part of that, of course, is because this was seen as being a house deal and biden is a senate guy. come the end of boehner and it goes to the senate, mcconnell spends three or four minutes deciding he can't talk with harry reid and picks up the phone and says joe, is there anybody over there that can cut a deal? this remarkable series of 13, 14, 15 phone caults over the next 24 hours in which these go lions, long-standing members of the washington establishment cut through all the sturm und drang and come up with this deal. suddenly biden is the center of the action again. the head of the gun control quick review task force. and as you said, th
. >> they did pass something today and are going to do a bizarre two-step process january 18 with sandy aid and then an amendment that is even bigger than the bill itself and try to pass one of those and send it be to the senate where it is entirely uncertain what is going to happen there. gwen: and the deal closer in this was joe biden? >> yeah. he was on the sidelines to is it -- some extent for a while. he wasn't out front the way he had been. part of that, of course, is because...
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there are about 100 and 25,000 sandy-related claims -- 125,000 sandy-related claims. we need to rebuild lives to put aside the misery that so many families and businesses have been suffering. it is the right step on january 15. we will be considering a much larger supplemental, a total of $60 billion which will meet the needs -- not all the needs of connecticut, new jersey, new york, and the region -- but the national flood insurance program is a good program. it needs support. this is a good first step. let's do it in a bipartisan manner. i yield back. >> gentleman from new york. >> i yield one minute to the ranking member. >> thank you for yielding. hurricane sandy has devastated new york. thousands of thousands of my constituents lost their homes and their businesses. it is a shame, and embarrassment for this institution that the house republican leadership continues playing games with this essential assistance. more than two months after the storm struck. it is indefensible that, as americans continue to suffer from sandy's impact, the house majority could not get
there are about 100 and 25,000 sandy-related claims -- 125,000 sandy-related claims. we need to rebuild lives to put aside the misery that so many families and businesses have been suffering. it is the right step on january 15. we will be considering a much larger supplemental, a total of $60 billion which will meet the needs -- not all the needs of connecticut, new jersey, new york, and the region -- but the national flood insurance program is a good program. it needs support. this is a good...
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then sandy hit. sandy was the worst storm to strike new jersey in 100 years. 346,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. nearly 7 million people and 1,000 schools had their power knocked out. 116,000 new jerseyans were evacuated or displaced from their homes. 41,000 families are still displaced from their homes. sandy may have damaged our homes and our infrastructure, but it did not destroy our spirit. the people of new jersey have come together as never before -- across party lines, across ideological lines, across ages, races and backgrounds, from all parts of our state, even from out of state. everyone has come together. so today, let me start this address with a set of thank-yous from me on behalf of the great people of this state. first, i want to thank the brave first responders, national guard, and emergency management experts who prepared us for this storm and kept us safe in its aftermath. [applause] i want to thank the members of this legislature for their cooperation in answering sandy's chal
then sandy hit. sandy was the worst storm to strike new jersey in 100 years. 346,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. nearly 7 million people and 1,000 schools had their power knocked out. 116,000 new jerseyans were evacuated or displaced from their homes. 41,000 families are still displaced from their homes. sandy may have damaged our homes and our infrastructure, but it did not destroy our spirit. the people of new jersey have come together as never before -- across party lines, across...
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hurricane sandy and the drought that gripped so much of the country. back in 2011 we had 14 billion dollar weather events. usually we have four to six. this one is an interesting stat. we haven't had a tornado death in 194 days in this country. if we can make it three more days without a tornado death it will be the longest stretch ever recorded without a tornado fatality and this year was the fewest tornadoes since '89. although we had those billion dollar events and disasters we didn't have as many tornadoes as normal. now as far as what we're dealing with as far as the weather pattern very quiet in the west, very cold in many areas of the interior west. the pattern will change a little bit. we have a cut off flow that will move offshore saturday into california. plan on a dry day today san francisco up the coast. saturday upper level low will come with clouds and showers. prepare for that but no prothe through central california, chance of showers every where else sunday. details on that little approaching storm in your weekend forecast coming up. >
hurricane sandy and the drought that gripped so much of the country. back in 2011 we had 14 billion dollar weather events. usually we have four to six. this one is an interesting stat. we haven't had a tornado death in 194 days in this country. if we can make it three more days without a tornado death it will be the longest stretch ever recorded without a tornado fatality and this year was the fewest tornadoes since '89. although we had those billion dollar events and disasters we didn't have...
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. >> they happened at sandy hook elementary does not happen again. >> the bill of rights to the u.s. constitution ratified in 1791 enshrines the right of individuals to keep and bear arms. so says the roberts supreme court in a recent rules. the origin of the second amfirst battle of the american revolution. english troops were on their way to concord, massachusetts, where they would seize the colonists arms and ammunition. in 1775, they were ambushed at lexington, seven miles from concord, by the so-called minute men. the second amendment of the u.s. constitution 1791 was drafted by james madison, who later became our fourth president, and was modeled existing state precedent. a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a sphree state, free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. unquote. the key concept underlying this article in the bill of rights is this. individual gun ownership is a defense against tyrants, whether a monarch like king george iii or a modern dictator like adolph hitler. that right says the supreme court can b
. >> they happened at sandy hook elementary does not happen again. >> the bill of rights to the u.s. constitution ratified in 1791 enshrines the right of individuals to keep and bear arms. so says the roberts supreme court in a recent rules. the origin of the second amfirst battle of the american revolution. english troops were on their way to concord, massachusetts, where they would seize the colonists arms and ammunition. in 1775, they were ambushed at lexington, seven miles from...
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hurricane sandy hit on october 209th, october 209th . president obama did not even ask for san the aid until the seventh of december, 39 days, 39 days later. we're in the world was the press criticism, the national media? oh, that's right, there was an election under way, wasn't there. for some reason you don't hear complaints about the white house response to sandy. we are still looking into why that might be. strange, don't you think? the imperious president obama appears ready to take on the second amendment. the "a-team" is here. the president's home town has the toughest gun laws in the country, yet its murder capital of america, and his home state corruption appears not only common but perhaps an asset. details ahead. the left waging war on its political opponents. class warfare name calling. does the culture of fear and intimidation silence america? the author of the new book this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr
hurricane sandy hit on october 209th, october 209th . president obama did not even ask for san the aid until the seventh of december, 39 days, 39 days later. we're in the world was the press criticism, the national media? oh, that's right, there was an election under way, wasn't there. for some reason you don't hear complaints about the white house response to sandy. we are still looking into why that might be. strange, don't you think? the imperious president obama appears ready to take on the...
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have you thought about going up to sandy hook? >> i would love to go to sandy hook. whether it's me being paralyzed or me finding other people who were in a school shooting, it helped me a lot. just to heal. ment mentally. it was good therapy. probably the best therapy i had is having other people that went through the same thing i have. whether it's a spinal cord injury or a school shooting. >> i have seen a lot of people on twitter and facebook about this debate and there is a lot of emotion on both sides leading the call of enough is enough. i get a feeling that a younger generation is not as entrenched about views of everyone should have any guns they like. perhaps their parents's generation and so on. what do your friends and people that you know think of your age group? >> they feel that something does need to be done. but what? what can we do? in our case it wasn't a semi automatic or fully automatic. it was, i'm sorry. what can be done? we have a cop in our high school now. that's there all day. what else can be done? something has to be done with the guns th
have you thought about going up to sandy hook? >> i would love to go to sandy hook. whether it's me being paralyzed or me finding other people who were in a school shooting, it helped me a lot. just to heal. ment mentally. it was good therapy. probably the best therapy i had is having other people that went through the same thing i have. whether it's a spinal cord injury or a school shooting. >> i have seen a lot of people on twitter and facebook about this debate and there is a lot...
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we need a comprehensive sandy bill today. we hold you to your commitment on january 15, not one day lead -- not one day later. >> gentleman from new jersey? >> i am pleased to yield one limit -- one minute to the gentleman from new jersey. >> madam speaker, it has been 68 days since hurricane sandy devastated the northeast. while it is long overdue, i am pleased the we are finally here acting to help the people of new jersey. it has caused billions in damage, forcing businesses -- businesses to close, resulting in job loss and revenue loss. my constituents and need help now. i have witnessed firsthand the devastation in places lake seaside heights, and i can say that these places look like war zones after the storm. whole communities have been wiped out. governor christie estimated the damage in new jersey to be over $36 billion. i applaud his swift action on sandy recovery and join him with all local and state federal leaders in new jersey to ensure all relief funds get to new jersey and families and busy as quickly as possi
we need a comprehensive sandy bill today. we hold you to your commitment on january 15, not one day lead -- not one day later. >> gentleman from new jersey? >> i am pleased to yield one limit -- one minute to the gentleman from new jersey. >> madam speaker, it has been 68 days since hurricane sandy devastated the northeast. while it is long overdue, i am pleased the we are finally here acting to help the people of new jersey. it has caused billions in damage, forcing...
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if you google sandy hook hope, you can find all kinds of things. there's a real strain within the movement. these are paranoid people who think the government is coming to snatch their guns. >> this is not -- we -- off camera we talked to a number of families today who didn't even want to come on camera because they are too upset about this to even address this. the fact that emilie parker's family, if they google her name and the first thing that would come up would be this sickening conspiracy theory wore the same dress that emilie parker had once worn in a photograph to meet with president obama, i mean, that is just adding insult to injury. why do we see conspiracy theorists pop up in the wake of a tragedy like this? is it simply linked to the whole idea that they believe that the government is trying to take their guns and this is a way they're trying to take guns. >> conspiracy theories are explanations for evil. people don't like the idea of random people. it is focused in people whether it's jews, or muslims, or free masons, or the new worl
if you google sandy hook hope, you can find all kinds of things. there's a real strain within the movement. these are paranoid people who think the government is coming to snatch their guns. >> this is not -- we -- off camera we talked to a number of families today who didn't even want to come on camera because they are too upset about this to even address this. the fact that emilie parker's family, if they google her name and the first thing that would come up would be this sickening...
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we've got some pictures of the damage caused by sandy to your restaurant. what is your situation right now? what's happening here with you? >> well, my situation and that of all the other small businesses in red hook is pretty dism dismal. we are slowly trying to rebuild. we founded an organization called restore red hook to raise money to do that because there are absolutely no other resources for us. there are few loans that are available to us, but that's it. the rate of approval for those loans are 40%, which means 60% of the small businesses that have been devastated by this crisis are not going to get the funding they need to rebuild. and even those who do get it are incurring new debt. there's absolutely no other help, and it's a serious, serious crisis. sxl what do you need the government to do? what do you want them to do? >> the government needs to start providing funds. there needs to be a retention fund set up in the areas affected by this devastation so that the businesses can retain. they can stay. they can rebuild. and they can become part of
we've got some pictures of the damage caused by sandy to your restaurant. what is your situation right now? what's happening here with you? >> well, my situation and that of all the other small businesses in red hook is pretty dism dismal. we are slowly trying to rebuild. we founded an organization called restore red hook to raise money to do that because there are absolutely no other resources for us. there are few loans that are available to us, but that's it. the rate of approval for...
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have you thought about going up to sandy hook? >> i would love to go to sandy hook. whether it's me being paralyzed or me finding other people who were in a school shooting, it helped me a lot just to heal mentally. good therapy. probably the best therapy i have had is having other people that went through the same thing i have, whether it's a spinal cord injury or a school shooting. >> i have seen a lot of people on twitter and facebook, and this is a fiery debate with lots of emotion on both sides, i have seen a lot of young people saying enough is enough and something has to be done. i have a feeling the younger generation is not as entrenched in the views that everyone should have any gun they want. what do your friends and people you know think in your age group? >> they feel that something does need to be done, but what? what can we do? in our case, it wasn't a semiautomatic or a fully automatic. it was semiautomatic, i'm sorry, but what can be done? we do have a cop in our high school now. that's there all day. but what else can be done? you know, something ha
have you thought about going up to sandy hook? >> i would love to go to sandy hook. whether it's me being paralyzed or me finding other people who were in a school shooting, it helped me a lot just to heal mentally. good therapy. probably the best therapy i have had is having other people that went through the same thing i have, whether it's a spinal cord injury or a school shooting. >> i have seen a lot of people on twitter and facebook, and this is a fiery debate with lots of...
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yet today palazzo voted no to help the victims of hurricane sandy. when severe flooding damaged paul ryan's district in wisconsin, ryan made sure his constituents got government help. his quote was "i have been inspired by the support and compassion demonstrated by wisconsinites who have reached out to help their neighbors in need." he said at the time. today ryan made no mention of compassion, noting it would be irresponsible to raise an insolvent program's debt ceiling without making necessary reforms. and of course he voted no. joining me tonight, "daly show" co-creator lizz winstead. i guess there are no boundaries when it comes to politics in this country. great to have you with us tonight, lizz. >> thanks, ed. >> what do you make of all of this? >> living here, and also when the -- when the tornadoes hit in minneapolis, i was there helping those folks too with a fantastic mayor r.t. rybak. so watching this hit my neighborhood and going to redhook and seeing how people couldn't access a lot of these people. it was really hard. and helping people
yet today palazzo voted no to help the victims of hurricane sandy. when severe flooding damaged paul ryan's district in wisconsin, ryan made sure his constituents got government help. his quote was "i have been inspired by the support and compassion demonstrated by wisconsinites who have reached out to help their neighbors in need." he said at the time. today ryan made no mention of compassion, noting it would be irresponsible to raise an insolvent program's debt ceiling without...
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who won big at the people's choice awards. >>> and a new home for a family devastated by hurricane sandy. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back. we are about to start off a nice warming trend across the east coast. it's already in the 40s right now. that's warmer than our average high temperature for this time of year. so we are certainly off to a good start. we've got heavy rain, though, down across new orleans. severe thunderstorms possible. look at our temperatures. 48 degrees today in kansas city. and then tomorrow, it looks like temperatures will get back into the 30s. mara. >> thanks so much, dylan. >>> well, the people have spoken, and they are crazy for the "the hunger games." the blockbuster film was the big winner at last night's people's choice awards notching out five wins including favorite movie. adam sadler won famous comedic actor. >>> beyonce is leaving little to the imagination on the cover of "gq" magazine. the singer wearing a football jersey that is not regulation side will perform next month. >>> jimmy kimmel live moving proved to be less
who won big at the people's choice awards. >>> and a new home for a family devastated by hurricane sandy. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back. we are about to start off a nice warming trend across the east coast. it's already in the 40s right now. that's warmer than our average high temperature for this time of year. so we are certainly off to a good start. we've got heavy rain, though, down across new orleans. severe thunderstorms...
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left damaged y superstorm sandy. destroyed he entire 1-point-3 pill stretch of belmar's governor chris christte was on hand for theeceremonial groundbreakkng.aboot ooe &pthousand peeppe gathered for this symbolic occasion... he beginning of construction on one of heejersey shore's most pooullr boardwalks. "because the boardwalk is belmar. we have o amusemenns, we haae nothing. we hhve famiiy. we have the boardwalk.. "so it was important forryou to be here?" "uh huh." dollar project includessmany pew features... like strapss thattbetter anchoo the boardwall during hurricanes. 3&vvce president joe biden kicked offfhis gun iolence task orce wednesday by and gun violence surrivors. tooay, hh sits down with ppyne has the story. the the national rifle association has made its position clear: no new guu laws. ttee orggniiation has activeey lobbied to ppevent any new saying we ssould enforce the - gun laas already on the books. but vice president joe biden house intends to take action to reduce gun violence. thee ttere are e
left damaged y superstorm sandy. destroyed he entire 1-point-3 pill stretch of belmar's governor chris christte was on hand for theeceremonial groundbreakkng.aboot ooe &pthousand peeppe gathered for this symbolic occasion... he beginning of construction on one of heejersey shore's most pooullr boardwalks. "because the boardwalk is belmar. we have o amusemenns, we haae nothing. we hhve famiiy. we have the boardwalk.. "so it was important forryou to be here?" "uh...
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at sandy hook elementary. e.j., thanks for joining me. >> good to be with you. happy new year. >> happy new year to you, e.j. how can these republicans vote against sandy relief and they continue to put ideology before people in need. how did they do this? >> well, i don't exactly know. i think it is worth noting that that kinder, gentler phrase came from george h.w. bush. it was a republican sentiment once upon time. it's going all the way back to the beginning of our republic. if there was ever any problem where we really had that great sentiment there but for the grace of god go i, it was on a storm or a natural disaster where it didn't matter whether you lived in new orleans or new york or anywhere else in the country, you knew that could happen to you. i think these right wing republicans, i'll give them credit, they still voted the right way, but these very conservative republicans think even disaster relief has to be offset by other cuts or some of them actually question the federal government's role he
at sandy hook elementary. e.j., thanks for joining me. >> good to be with you. happy new year. >> happy new year to you, e.j. how can these republicans vote against sandy relief and they continue to put ideology before people in need. how did they do this? >> well, i don't exactly know. i think it is worth noting that that kinder, gentler phrase came from george h.w. bush. it was a republican sentiment once upon time. it's going all the way back to the beginning of our...
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i agree with you on sandy and mayor bloomberg has been a real leader ever since. with the republican house, what can the president do to try to fight climate change? >> well, i think that he needs to take on -- there is a huge industry that is -- actively campaigning against climate change and actively sowing the seeds of skepticism when it comes to climate denial. they're very effective at that. those are people who pad their pockets with oil money. every time that we have winter, that somehow shows we're not having global warming right? because look, it snowed. and not knowing that the weather is not actually what climate is and being able to educate people as to the difference, but when you have these superstorms that are coming it doesn't matter if there was a cold day you know, we almost lost our biggest city. >> john: now we're having the storm of the century every other year. joe, last fall, al gore called on president obama to include a carbon tax in his fiscal cliff negotiations. that didn't happen. a lot of progressives were rooting for it. do you think
i agree with you on sandy and mayor bloomberg has been a real leader ever since. with the republican house, what can the president do to try to fight climate change? >> well, i think that he needs to take on -- there is a huge industry that is -- actively campaigning against climate change and actively sowing the seeds of skepticism when it comes to climate denial. they're very effective at that. those are people who pad their pockets with oil money. every time that we have winter, that...
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yet today palazzo voted no to help the victims of hurricane sandy. when severe flooding damaged paul ryan's district in wisconsin, ryan made sure his constituents got government help. his quote was "i have been inspired by the support and cam passion demonstrated by wisconsinites who have reached out to help their neighbors in need." he said at the time. today ryan made no mention of compassion, noting it would be irresponsible to raise an insolvent program's debt ceiling without making necessary reforms. and of course he voted no. joining me tonight, "daly show" co-creator lizz winstead. i guess there are no boundaries when it comes to politics in this country. great to have you with us tonight, lizz. >> thanks, ed. >> what do you make of all of this? >> living here, and also when the -- when the tornadoes hit in minneapolis, i was there helping those folks too with a fantastic mayor r.t. rybak. so watching this hit my neighborhood and going to redhook and seeing how people couldn't access a lot of these people. it was really hard. and helping peopl
yet today palazzo voted no to help the victims of hurricane sandy. when severe flooding damaged paul ryan's district in wisconsin, ryan made sure his constituents got government help. his quote was "i have been inspired by the support and cam passion demonstrated by wisconsinites who have reached out to help their neighbors in need." he said at the time. today ryan made no mention of compassion, noting it would be irresponsible to raise an insolvent program's debt ceiling without...
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we don't know if that money is going directly to sandy victims. you know, the flood insurance program itself is broken. people should be asking why people are paying premiums, but yet the fund doesn't have enough money to pay out the claims. these are fundamental problems, and every time we get into a disaster, we do the exact same thing. we keep kicking the can down the road and asking our children to pay for it. that's what we're doing -- >> let me ask ron reagan to weigh in. ron, after the senate early passed its version of the sandy aid bill, senators john mccain and tom coburn put out a list of what they call questionable spending in it, including, for example, $2 million to repair damage to the roofs of museums in washington, d.c., while many in hurricane sandy's path still have no roof over their heads. $150 million for fisheries as far away from the storm's path as alaska. $15 million for nasa facilities though nasa itself has called damage from the hurricane minimal. all of those provisions were stripped from the bill the house approved t
we don't know if that money is going directly to sandy victims. you know, the flood insurance program itself is broken. people should be asking why people are paying premiums, but yet the fund doesn't have enough money to pay out the claims. these are fundamental problems, and every time we get into a disaster, we do the exact same thing. we keep kicking the can down the road and asking our children to pay for it. that's what we're doing -- >> let me ask ron reagan to weigh in. ron, after...
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economists say, despite the holiday possibly throwing a wrench into this and superstorm sandy. remember, that had an impact on the november report as well because of a split week there, not all of the jobs that were lost were reported in november. so we could see some revisions as well in this december report. but there are a couple of other signs that could be encouraging. auto sales up 9%. and retailers say their sales were up 4.5% which were actually better numbers than economist has predicted. we'll wait to see what comes out in a few hours. >>> the fiscal cliff deal is making it a happy new year for many businesses including rum makers and hollywood studios and the critics are calling it quote special handouts. totaling more than $63 billion next year. these include taxes on rum imported into the u.s. a tax credit for buying electric-powered motorcycles. a so-called nascar tax break allowing motor racing tracks to appreciate assets faster than other businesses. and a break for film and tv productions shooting in the u.s. supporters say these subsidies help businesses to cr
economists say, despite the holiday possibly throwing a wrench into this and superstorm sandy. remember, that had an impact on the november report as well because of a split week there, not all of the jobs that were lost were reported in november. so we could see some revisions as well in this december report. but there are a couple of other signs that could be encouraging. auto sales up 9%. and retailers say their sales were up 4.5% which were actually better numbers than economist has...
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yet today palazzo voted no to help the victims of hurricane sandy. when severe flooding damaged paul ryan's district in wisconsin, ryan made sure his constituents got government help. his quote was i have been inspired by the support and cam passion demonstrated by wisconsinites who have reached out to help their neighbors in need. he said at this the time. today ryan made no mention of compassion, noting it would be irresponsible to raise an insolvent program's debt ceiling without making necessary reforms. and of course he voted no. joining me tonight, "daly show" co-creator lizz winstead. i guess there are no boundaries when it comes to politics in this country. great to have you with us tonight, lizz. >> thanks, ed. >> what do you make of all of this? >> living here, and also when the -- when the tornadoes hit in minneapolis, i was there helping those folks too with a fantastic mayor r.t. ryeback. so watching this hit my neighborhood and going to redhook and seeing how people couldn't access a lot of these people. it was really hard. and helping
yet today palazzo voted no to help the victims of hurricane sandy. when severe flooding damaged paul ryan's district in wisconsin, ryan made sure his constituents got government help. his quote was i have been inspired by the support and cam passion demonstrated by wisconsinites who have reached out to help their neighbors in need. he said at this the time. today ryan made no mention of compassion, noting it would be irresponsible to raise an insolvent program's debt ceiling without making...
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he said no to sandy last week. but he said yes to federal funding in 2008 after flooding in his home state of wisconsin. and then there's congressman from mississippi. he voted against the sandy bill, too. but just four moblts ago, palazzo was thrilled to receive federal aid after hurricane isaac. he said we cannot thank the governor's office and fema enough for their continued support. he even held a press conference to talk about the importance of federal aid. >> i was able to sit in on a financial services hearing and we were talking about the importance of a national flood insurance program. 20,000 communities across america live on or near water and that program was so important to provide stability to families. >> that hipocracy is great. but, wait, there's more. after hurricane katrina in 2005, he was lining up to ask for federal help. he even put his name right on the paper work. send us money so we can put families back together. send us money? oh, i see. you need those funds right away when it's going to
he said no to sandy last week. but he said yes to federal funding in 2008 after flooding in his home state of wisconsin. and then there's congressman from mississippi. he voted against the sandy bill, too. but just four moblts ago, palazzo was thrilled to receive federal aid after hurricane isaac. he said we cannot thank the governor's office and fema enough for their continued support. he even held a press conference to talk about the importance of federal aid. >> i was able to sit in on...
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so -- >> let me ask you that, sandy. with those numbers what would you say to lawmakers who are rigid in old-way thinking? >> well, i think they're not educating themselves. they're not finding out the statistics. they're not digging deep enough. they're not going out to their constituency and asking. and it is going to take a groundswell of americans to come forward and write to their congressmen and their senators and even the president and say we're ready for reform. nobody is challenging the second amendment. no one. no one. and yet that's constantly thrown out there. and i think it's thrown out there to scare americans who are gone owners like ourselves to thinking that could happen or that's what's going to happen. >> sow don't want to see anybody lose their firearms? >> of course not 37 of course not. i'm a hunter. or at least i used to be. don't hunt anymore. i'm a former hunter. we own guns. there are people that use target practice. but there is no reason to not come to the table and have a discussion that is s
so -- >> let me ask you that, sandy. with those numbers what would you say to lawmakers who are rigid in old-way thinking? >> well, i think they're not educating themselves. they're not finding out the statistics. they're not digging deep enough. they're not going out to their constituency and asking. and it is going to take a groundswell of americans to come forward and write to their congressmen and their senators and even the president and say we're ready for reform. nobody is...
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we don't know if that money is going directly to sandy victims. you know, the flood insurance program itself is broken. people should be asking why people are paying premiums, but yet the fund doesn't have enough money to pay out the claims. these are fundamental problems, and every time we get into a disaster, we do the exact same thing. we keep kicking the can down the road and asking our children to pay for it. that's what we're doing -- >> let me ask ron reagan to weigh in. ron, after the senate early passed its version of the sandy aid bill, senators john mccain and tom coburn put out a list of what they call questionable spending in it, including, for example, $2 million to repair damage to the roofs of museums in washington, d.c., while many in hurricane sandy's path still have no roof over their heads. $150 million for fisheries as far away from the storm's path as alaska. $15 million for nasa facilities though nasa itself has called damage from the hurricane minimal. all of those provisions were stripped from the bill the house approved t
we don't know if that money is going directly to sandy victims. you know, the flood insurance program itself is broken. people should be asking why people are paying premiums, but yet the fund doesn't have enough money to pay out the claims. these are fundamental problems, and every time we get into a disaster, we do the exact same thing. we keep kicking the can down the road and asking our children to pay for it. that's what we're doing -- >> let me ask ron reagan to weigh in. ron, after...
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sandy was one of the largest mass transit disasters in the nation's history. four out of ten of the nation's transit riders had their commuters disrupted. in my home state of new jersey, our public transportation network was completely devastated by sandy. the new jersey transit, which carries more than 900,000 riders daily suffered damage to all 12 of the rail lines. the electrical substations were destroyed, hundreds of cars and locomotives were submerged, some suffering damage. the past system that carries 77 million people between new jersey and manhattan each year was brought to a halt by the flooding. the call will -- station provide service to about 30 feet of people daily reopened to the public yesterday, more than a month and a half after sandy made landfall. to help illustrate how serious the flooding was, i would like to share this image from the past security cameras showing the sea water rushing into the hoboken station. where it carries more than 8 million riders each day, the damage was unprecedented. it shut down the entire nta system for only
sandy was one of the largest mass transit disasters in the nation's history. four out of ten of the nation's transit riders had their commuters disrupted. in my home state of new jersey, our public transportation network was completely devastated by sandy. the new jersey transit, which carries more than 900,000 riders daily suffered damage to all 12 of the rail lines. the electrical substations were destroyed, hundreds of cars and locomotives were submerged, some suffering damage. the past...
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because, guess what, the storm sandy, it hit democrats and republicans. it did not discriminate against anybody. and this is what generally makes us come together. i've never seen the scenario before where we've not come together as a congress to help our american people. until now. >> are there prejudices against the northeast? it has been suggested that, you know, it is a moneyed area of the country, and that maybe those in different parts of the country feel that they don't want to put the money back into this part of the country. i mean, as absurd as that may sound, do you think that's part of it? geographically. >> look, it speaks for itself. because this is a storm we've not had anything like this on the east coast before. we've always on the east coast put more than our fair share into the national treasury. more than our fair share of money that goes into the national treasury that goes to some of these regions when there's a natural disaster, we willingly come together to say we're going to support them. this is the first time we've had a storm l
because, guess what, the storm sandy, it hit democrats and republicans. it did not discriminate against anybody. and this is what generally makes us come together. i've never seen the scenario before where we've not come together as a congress to help our american people. until now. >> are there prejudices against the northeast? it has been suggested that, you know, it is a moneyed area of the country, and that maybe those in different parts of the country feel that they don't want to put...
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we need a comprehensive sandy recovery bill passed today. we hold you to your commitment, january 15, not a day later. we need this complete bill. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. garrett: at this time i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey who has seen firsthand the devastation to the state. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker, and i thank chairman garrett for yielding time. it's been 68 days since hurricane sandy devastated the northeast and over two months of suffering for my constituents. mr. runyan: while it is unfortunately long overdue, i'm pleased we are here acting to help the people of new jersey recover. this hurricane has cost billions of dollars in new jersey. uprooting individuals and families from their homes, forcing which ises -- businesses to close, and resulting in job loss and revenue loss. my constituents need help now. i have witnessed firsthand t
we need a comprehensive sandy recovery bill passed today. we hold you to your commitment, january 15, not a day later. we need this complete bill. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. garrett: at this time i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey who has seen firsthand the devastation to the state. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. >> thank you,...
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man: and now we're helping the east coast recover from hurricane sandy. we're a leading global insurance company, based right here in america. we've repaid every dollar america lent us. everything, plus a profit of more than $22 billion. for the american people. thank you, america. helping people recover and rebuild -- that's what we do. now let's bring on tomorrow. ♪ >> would you take a picture of this quickly? >> how old are you? >> 15. >> remember, no serious guys until you're 30. >> if you need any help on your pecs, let me know. look at that guy. anyone else want to be sworn in as a senator? >> mommy. >> look, look. that's a democrat, i know, but it's okay. >> spread your legs, you're going to be frisked. >>> vice president biden having some fun there swearing in the new senators on capitol hill, and we are joined now by three rising stars of this new congress, democratic senator heidi heitkamp, who surprised so many in the political world by winning in north dakota, a state where mitt romney beat president obama by almost 20 points, republican con
man: and now we're helping the east coast recover from hurricane sandy. we're a leading global insurance company, based right here in america. we've repaid every dollar america lent us. everything, plus a profit of more than $22 billion. for the american people. thank you, america. helping people recover and rebuild -- that's what we do. now let's bring on tomorrow. ♪ >> would you take a picture of this quickly? >> how old are you? >> 15. >> remember, no serious guys...
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we have details on the sandy beer. >> and a cheaper version of the iphone. rumors seem to good to be true and we are learning they were. good morning maryland continues in just a few moments. >>> on this friday morning a hearing is happening today in texas where planned parenthood will ask for an injunction to receive state funding a judge ruled that texas can cut off funding to the organization's family planning programs. >>> a judge will ask a -- request a hearing to exhume the body of a man poisoned weeks after winning the lottery. family members were suspicious about the man's desk. >>> afghan president karzai is speak at george washington university and is expected to talk about his beliefs the u.s. and nato failed to make afghanistan more secure. karzai is meeting with president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton today. >>> it's unclear whether the man accused of opening fire in a colorado movie theater will be arraigned today. lawyers for james holmes say that he is not ready to enter a plea. a judge ruled yesterday that there is enough evid
we have details on the sandy beer. >> and a cheaper version of the iphone. rumors seem to good to be true and we are learning they were. good morning maryland continues in just a few moments. >>> on this friday morning a hearing is happening today in texas where planned parenthood will ask for an injunction to receive state funding a judge ruled that texas can cut off funding to the organization's family planning programs. >>> a judge will ask a -- request a hearing to...
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man: and now we're helping the t recover from hurricane sandy. we're a leading global insurance company, based right here in america. we've repaid every dollar america lent us. everything, plus a profit of more than $22 billion. for the american people. thank you, america. helping people recover and rebuild -- that's what we do. now let's bring on tomorrow. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so even you... could've had a v8. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... that's when i had an honest conversation with my doctor. we discussed all the symptoms... then he gave me some blood tests. showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number -- not just me. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% (testosterone gel). the #1 prescribed topical testosteron
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i know sandy was big, but i don't think it hit alaska and it didn't hit mississippi. the roof tops in the the district of columbia, about half of what harry reid calls an emergency is pork. >> sean: now, this is obviously an abuse of power by the democrats. why do you think, congressman, that they did this? >> because they can. because nobody calls them on it. because those of house voted no today, for instance, because we had the unmitigated termerity to ask for an offset. frankly, governor christie wants to bully and berate and badger people into passing a bill no matter how pork-laden it is. we're 16 trillion dollars in debt and i don't think it's asking too much that we found offset, waste, fraud abuse, duplicative programming, something to pay for the 9 billion dollars that we spent today instead of mortgaging the future of our kids. i don't think it's too much to ask. >> sean: first of all, they should have moved quicker than this as the president promised he would do and secondly, i don't think that the people of the rockaways, and long beach and new jersey and
i know sandy was big, but i don't think it hit alaska and it didn't hit mississippi. the roof tops in the the district of columbia, about half of what harry reid calls an emergency is pork. >> sean: now, this is obviously an abuse of power by the democrats. why do you think, congressman, that they did this? >> because they can. because nobody calls them on it. because those of house voted no today, for instance, because we had the unmitigated termerity to ask for an offset. frankly,...
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. >> 20 heartbroken families lost a child in the sandy hook school shooting. i know how much it hurts. my 9-year-old daughter was murdered in the tucson shooting. >> two years after the tragedy in tucson, gabrielle giffords is taking the nra head-on. and a powerful new ad calls for courage in congress. >> whose child has to die next? >> senator barbara boxer is here on the progress. >>> sheriff joe arpaio has a posse patrolling around arizona schools. tonight we'll try to find the truth about arming public school teachers. >>> congressman steve palazzo wanted aid when his district was ravaged by hurricane katrina, yet voted down sandy aid. he took a hypocritical tour of sandy damage today. >>> congress has hit a new low. >> say ah! >> ah. >> say ah! >> ah. >> even root canals are more popular. bob shrum and howard fineman are here to assess the damages. on the heels of the horrific massacre in newtown, connecticut, something needs to change. here is one reason why. two years ago today, a gunman opened fire in tucson, arizona, in a parking lot. he shot 19 peopl
. >> 20 heartbroken families lost a child in the sandy hook school shooting. i know how much it hurts. my 9-year-old daughter was murdered in the tucson shooting. >> two years after the tragedy in tucson, gabrielle giffords is taking the nra head-on. and a powerful new ad calls for courage in congress. >> whose child has to die next? >> senator barbara boxer is here on the progress. >>> sheriff joe arpaio has a posse patrolling around arizona schools. tonight...